I surmised that after my post; thanks for confirming. I had ‘miniconda’ installed on my Windows box but wasn’t sure that it was being used. Based on your setup it looks like it is not required for Windows. You should be able to use pip in the future if you need it.
As you know, going through a new process is frequently complicated; there is a lot of attention to detail and trial and error which deters some folks. You just have to get through it one time and then it becomes easier once it is shown that it can be done.